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Xu Qianqian fell silent.
She finally understood why Mo Yin had betrayed her.
Mo Yin had been a spy from the Mo Family from the very beginning. She had entered the Xu Family to gather intelligence for the Mo Family and accomplish some unspeakable objective.
Spies like this were not uncommon. At least, that was how things were among the major powers.
There was naturally no way for there to be no spies amid the intrigue and treachery between great families and major powers.
All the great families and major powers knew this, yet they could neither eliminate nor avoid it completely.
As long as gaps, suspicion, and interests existed between factions, there would certainly be people who wanted to plant their own agents inside.
Thus, there was nothing strange about the Mo Family wanting to plant a spy in the Xu Family. Xu Qianqian believed they had surely done the same in other families and factions as well.
The other factions and families would likewise want to plant spies in the Xu Family.
After all, the Xu Family was one of the six top-tier aristocratic families in Longyao City.
With such a large target, plenty of people would target the Xu Family and try to accomplish something within it.
The Mo Family was merely one of those factions. The Mo Family certainly had no shortage of spies planted in it by others, either.
That was the relationship between factions.
Regardless of whether they maintained friendly, hostile, or even neutral relations, intelligence warfare was essential. One never knew when it might come in handy and bring profit.
The great families and factions had adopted many measures in response, but they still had no way to completely prevent spies from infiltrating them.
Even the Xu Family—or rather, precisely because it